Alzheimer's disease is a severe irreversible syndrome, characterized by a slow and progressive cognitive decline that interferes with the standard instrumental and essential …
R Ossenkoppele, YAL Pijnenburg, DC Perry… - Brain, 2015 - academic.oup.com
A 'frontal variant of Alzheimer's disease'has been described in patients with predominant behavioural or dysexecutive deficits caused by Alzheimer's disease pathology. The …
Alzheimer disease (AD) originally meant a disorder of early-onset (EOAD;< 65 years of age) and did not include older patients with “senile dementia.” In fact, the first patient reported …
Until recently, gait was generally viewed as a largely automated motor task, requiring minimal higher‐level cognitive input. Increasing evidence, however, links alterations in …
RJ Perry, JR Hodges - Brain, 1999 - academic.oup.com
In this review we summarize the progress that has been made in the research on attentional and executive deficits in Alzheimer's disease. Like memory, attention is now recognized as …
DR Royall, EC Lauterbach… - The Journal of …, 2002 - Am Neuropsych Assoc
This report reviews the state of the literature and opportunities for research related to “executive control function”(ECF). ECF has recently been separated from the specific …
PL Sheridan, J Solomont, N Kowall… - Journal of the …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives: To evaluate how cognitive function and divided attention affect gait in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Design: Cross‐sectional intervention study with subjects serving …
A Martyr, L Clare - Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders, 2012 - karger.com
Background: The assessment of executive function (EF) and activities of daily living (ADL) are important elements in the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. Methods: Following a …
Background Although single or multiple sessions of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on the prefrontal cortex over a few weeks improved cognition in patients with …